Every year I will give the managers of the city some training lessons. One day during the 1 ， I asked them， “What has 2 you to stay long enough to become manager？” Everyone was 3 and discussed the question 4 when a new manager took the question and slowly said， “It was a $19 baseball glove.”

She told us that she first 5 a clerk job while she looked for something better. On her second day behind the counter， she received a 6 from her nine-year-old son， Jessie. He 7 a baseball glove for Little League. She 8 that as a single mother， money was very 9 ， and her first check would have to go for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second 10 . Her son was angry and quarrelled with her.

When she 11 for work the next morning， Patricia， the store manager， asked her to come to her office. She 12 if she had done something wrong the day before. So she was 13 and confused.

Patricia handed her a box. “I 14 you talking to your son yesterday，” she said， “and I know that it is 15 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is， 16 you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to； but we do 17 ， and I want you to know you are 18 to us.”

The thoughtfulness and love of the manager 19 that people remember more how much a（n） 20 cares than how much he pays—an important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove. So the mother remained to this day.

1. A. courseB. supperC. testD. competition

2. A. causedB. forcedC. invitedD. stopped

3. A. attractiveB. excitedC. sadD. sleepy

4. A. disappointedlyB. simplyC. separatelyD. heatedly

5. A. gave upB. took upC. hunted forD. searched for

6. A. letterB. callC. bookD. glove

7. A. unpackedB. boughtC. soldD. needed

8. A. acceptedB. commentedC. explainedD. lied

9. A. valuableB. tightC. extraD. enough

10. A. monthB. jobC. checkD. money

11. A. arrivedB. leftC. madeD. sent

12. A. askedB. forgotC. toldD. wondered

13. A. tiredB. satisfiedC. worriedD. excited

14. A. doubtedB. overheardC. understoodD. knew

15. A. hardB. easyC. uselessD. interesting

16. A. as ifB. even thoughC. so thatD. now that

17. A. likeB. careC. mindD. forget

18. A. importantB. powerfulC. niceD. kind

19. A. promisedB. provedC. announcedD. repeated

20. A. motherB. employerC. sonD. manager